Telephone-support.



.No. 757,340. PATBNTED APR. 12, 1904. H.,H. OOTHQUDT & w. F. .STAHL.TELEPHONE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 29, 1904.

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PATENT FFICE.

HOWARD H. OOTHOUDT AND WILLIAM F. STAHL, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

TELEPHONE-SUPPORT- SPEGIFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No.757,340, dated April 12, 1904. Application filed January 29, 1904.$erial No. 191,182. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HOWARD H. OOTHOUDT and WILLIAM F. STAHL, citizensof the United States, residing at Toledo, inthe county of Lucas andState of Ohio," have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTelephone- Supports; and we do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements intelephone-supports; and the object of the invention is to produce asimple and efficient means for attachment to a desk, whereby a telephonetransmitter and receiver may be supported within convenient reach of anoperator sitting adjacent to the desk.

The invention consists, essentially, of a hinged bracket-arm made,preferably, of asingle piece of wire, which is bent so as to formaseries of radiating slots, each of which receives a clamping member,which is held to the wire forming the wall of the slot, and adapted toengage overthe edge of the standard of the telephone-transmitter.

Our invention consists, further, in various details of construction andin arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described andthen specifically defined in the appended claims.

We illustrate our invention in the accompanying drawings, which, withthe letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisapplication, and in which drawings similar letters of reference indicatelike parts in the several views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective Viewof our inven tion shown as applied to the end of a desk. Fig. 2 is a topplan view. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View of the end of thebracket.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a hinge member, which may be of any suitable shape andadapted to be fastened to the end of a desk or to any other object, andB designates a wire or rod which is bent upon itself at substantiallyits longitudinal center, forming a slot O, which is in alinement withthe bracketarm. Said wire is then bent upon itself, as at D and E,forming two additional slots, which are disposed at obtuse angles to theslot which is in alinement with the bracket member. The two portions ofthe wire adjacent to said slots D and E are twisted together, as at H,in alinement with the bracket-arm.

K K designate clamping members which are apertured to receive a screw N,upon the threaded portion of which winged nuts M are mounted, wherebysaid clamping members may be held in adjusted positions along the lengthof the slots to adapt the same to engage over the base portion oftelephone-transmitters.

" The ends of the wire forming the bracketarm are bent at right anglesand are journaled in the hinge member, fastened to the desk or otherobject.

By the provision of a device embodying the features of our invention asimple and efficient means is provided for holding atelephonetransmitter, which may be clamped to the swinging end of thebracket and swung around into convenient position for use by anoperator, and by the provision of the adjustable clamping members thesame may be adjusted to various forms and sizes of base portions oftelephone-transmitters. When the telephone is not in. use, it may beswung around out of the way against the end of the desk.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A telephone-support comprising a metallic bracket-arm made of asingle piece of wire, a hinge member to which the ends of said wire arepivoted, said wire being bent to form radial slots, a clamping membercarried by each of said slotted portions, and a winged nut and a screwfor holding each of the clamping members in anadjusted position, assetforth.

2. A telephone support comprising a bracket-arm made of a wire, the endsof which are pivoted to a hinge member adapted for attachment to a desk,said wire being bent upon In testimony whereof we hereunto affix outsignatures in presence of two Witnesses.

HOWARD H. OOTHOUDT. WILLIAM F. STAHL.

Witnesses:

GEO. O. STAHL, I. B. NAGELY.

